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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
“Grease” is the word! As is “Shrek,” “Outrage,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Hurt Locker,” and “The Blues Brothers.” The Library of Congress, today, added 25 new titles to its National Film Registry. Learn more here: https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/
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Posted by: Bryan Cornell
With the end of Women’s History Month approaching, the Library’s Recorded Sound Section would be remiss if we failed to mention the remarkable accomplishments of Barbara (Cohen) Holdridge and Marianne (Roney) Mantell, founders of Caedmon Records. These two Hunter College graduates with degrees in Greek wanted careers in publishing, but weren’t particularly excited about …
Posted in: Recorded Sound, Spoken Word, Uncategorized, Women in the record industry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Library of Congress beginning today will be cancelling all film screenings until Thursday, May 14, 2020. Both the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper and the Pickford Theater on Capitol Hill will be subject to this temporary closure. The Library of Congress is taking this action to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. During the …
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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Packard Campus Theater Schedule for March 2020 Several films featuring criminals, both actual and alleged, on the run, are featured on the March schedule of the Packard Campus Theater. Included are Hitchcock’s Saboteur (1942), the caper comedy with a Culpeper connection, Sneakers (1992), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Bogart and Bacall in Dark Passage (1947), …
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Posted by: Karen Fishman
Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison Building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. Tuesday, February 18th at 7:00 p.m. BRIGHT ROAD (MGM, 1953). …
Posted in: Film/Video, Mary Pickford Theater, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 13 (7:30 p.m.) Hackers (MGM/UA, 1995) In 1988, Dade “Zero Cool” Murphy (Jonny Lee Miller) is an 11-year-old computer hacker responsible for causing a 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange in a single day and is forbidden from …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 6 (7:30 p.m.) Bedlam (RKO, 1946) Set in London in 1761, Bedlam is a departure from previous Val Lewton productions in its focus on horrific social conditions instead of supernatural occurrences. In this atmospheric chiller, Nell Bowen (Anna Lee), the …
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Though the original January schedule posted here on December 10 stated that the theater would be closed the last three weeks of the month for the installation of a new screen, the work has been postponed, so we’re adding more shows. Thursday, January 16 (7:30 p.m.) Never Let Me Go (MGM, 1953) Clark Gable …
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